UConn Football

The UConn Huskies football team became an NCAA Division I-A team in 1999. It has been a member of the Big East Conference since 2004. The team plays its home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford.

The UConn Huskies football team became an NCAA Division I-A team in 1999. It has been a member of the Big East Conference since 2004. The team plays its home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford.
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UConn will play eight teams that were in bowl games, five American Athletic Conference East division opponents and three from the West.
The AAC opens divisional play this summer, and the first AAC football title game will be Dec. 5 at the site of one...

The Huskies' 2015 football schedule features games against eight teams that played in bowl and playoff games last season. Eight of the 12 opponents won at least eight games. Times and TV will be announced.
The first American Athletic Conference...

What’s goin on? UConn has released its 2015 schedule per athletic communications…
UConn Athletic Communications – February 19, 2015 – 2015 UConn Football Schedule Announced
STORRS, Conn. – The 2015 University of Connecticut football schedule was finalized on Thursday with the American Athletic Conference announcing its league slate. The Huskies’ 12-game slate includes eight league match-ups and six home contests at Rentschler Field. Kickoff times and television...

Schedules courtesy of the American Athletic Conference:
WEEKLY
Thursday, September 3
Villanova at UConn
Duke at Tulane (CBSSN)
Friday, September 4
Baylor at SMU (ESPN/ESPNU)
Saturday, September 5
Florida International at UCF
Alabama A&M at Cincinnati
Towson at East Carolina
Tennessee Tech at Houston
Colgate at Navy (Noon, CBSSN)
Florida A&M at USF
Penn State at Temple
Florida Atlantic at Tulsa
Saturday, September 12
Temple at Cincinnati *
UCF at Stanford
Army at UConn...

STORRS — Bob Diaco played football for Frank Verducci's dad, Tony. Frank Verducci recruited Diaco to play at Iowa under Hayden Fry. Frank's brother Tom is the preeminent baseball writer in America. Frank and Tom's uncle? Gil Hodges.
And Frank's uncle Frank coached Pro Football Hall of Famer Andre Tippett in high school in Newark.
Whenever Diaco begins to claw at what's inside a young football player, what drives him, what excites him, the UConn football coach loves to use the genetic term "DNA."...

What’s goin’ on?
UConn’s 2015 spring roster is up on its website which you’ll find right here.
Have to say I like the staff moving Matt Walsh from running back to linebacker. He wasn’t getting enough run at running back. He can, however, be a huge contributor for the Huskies on defense - for sure.
Spring practice starts March 7. The media will have some time with the assistant coaches in Storrs on Wednesday.
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Frank Verducci, who has 31 years of coaching experience between college and the pros, will become the offensive coordinator at UConn.
He also will coach the Huskies' running backs as part of a shakeup on offense.
Verducci, the tight ends and offensive tackles coach at Northern Iowa last year, has also coached at Iowa, Florida and Notre Dame and in the NFL. He takes over for Mike Cummings, who became the offensive line coach.
Wayne Lineburg, who coached receivers and special teams last year, will...